Prince Of Caviar will race in blinkers in an attempt to break his maiden status at Bendigo. The second foal of unbeaten champion Black Caviar, Prince Of Caviar has finished fourth and second at his two racetrack appearances. Black Caviar's first foal Oscietra was retired after five starts from which she registered two wins. After[...]

Compiling the weights for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups has proven a challenge for Racing Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter. Three-time Group One winner Humidor was on Tuesday given top weight of 58kg for both races after carrying 56kg last year when fifth in the Caulfield Cup and 19th in the Melbourne Cup. Carpenter said[...]

Newcastle trainer Ben Smith's spring carnival aspirations are in tatters following his suspension for refusing to give evidence and also giving false evidence to Racing NSW stewards in regard to sample irregularities. Smith is best known as the trainer of autumn Group One winners In Her Time, who is an Everest contender, and El Dorado[...]

Nature Strip has secured his place in The Everest and will run for the Australian Turf Club in the $13 million race at Randwick. The Darren Weir-trained sprinter has won eight of his 11 starts including Saturday's Group Two McEwen Stakes, setting a Moonee Valley 1000m-record of 56.95 seconds. The four-year-old is on the fourth[...]

Happy Clapper will have to carry an extra 2-1/2 kilograms in his defence of the Epsom Handicap with the eight-year-old topweight with 59.5kg for the Group One race. Since he won the 2017 Epsom (1600m) with 57kg, the Pat Webster-trained gelding has added the Group One Canterbury Stakes and Group One Doncaster Mile, in which[...]

Newcastle trainer Kris Lees is favouring keeping unbeaten Smart Melody against her own sex when the filly makes her Melbourne debut at Flemington. Lees has nominated Smart Melody for the Listed Cap D'Antibes (1100m) for three-year-old fillies on Saturday as well as the Group Two Danehill Stakes (1200m) which is open to all three-year-olds. He[...]

Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time will not get the chance to defend his title, with co-trainer David Hayes aborting the horse's spring campaign because of another tendon issue. Hayes is hopeful Boom Time, who he also owns, will return in the autumn to target the Australian Cup after a period of rehabilitation on the same[...]

Trainer David Payne will discuss options for Melbourne Cup-bound Ace High with owner John Cordina before committing the four-year-old to a start against Winx in the George Main Stakes. Winx has opened the $1.15 favourite to win the Group One weight-for-age George Main (1600m) for a third time with Ace High at $26. Ace High[...]

While champion Winx will take centre stage at Randwick in the George Main Stakes, a host of other high profile horses are set to clash in the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes in Melbourne on the same day. Saturday's $750,000 Makybe Diva (1600m) at Flemington has attracted 17 nominations, headlined by last-start Memsie Stakes winner[...]

Leading Golden Rose contender Zousain is being treated for an elevated temperature less than two weeks from the Group One race. The Chris Waller stable told Racing NSW stewards Zousain had a mildly elevated temperature on Monday morning and would be treated with antibiotics and monitored closely. He will have a blood test on Friday[...]

Despite Godolphin ruling Kementari out of The Everest, the $13 million race remains an option for his stablemate Home Of The Brave after his convincing Theo Marks Stakes win. Home Of The Brave won the Group Two Theo Marks at Rosehill on Saturday at his second Australian start, beating D'Argento and the then-favourite for The[...]

Champion Winx heads 22 entries for the George Main Stakes with her trainer Chris Waller nominating 14 of her stablemates in the 1600m-Group One race. Winx has won the race for the past two years and will be aiming for her 20th Group One victory. Le Romain, the second-highest rated entry is also nominated for[...]

Many of Winx's George Main Stakes rivals will come from her own stable but trainer Chris Waller can't envisage any of them beating her. Winx is aiming for her third win in Saturday's 1600m-Group One race at Randwick and her 20th at the highest level. Among the horses Waller will enter are Who Shot Thebarman,[...]

Kementari is set for a return clash with his Memsie Stakes conqueror Humidor in a star-studded Makybe Diva Stakes and will have a new jockey for the Group One race. Craig Williams, who rides regularly for the Godolphin operation in Melbourne, has been booked to ride Kementari at Flemington on Saturday which will be the[...]

The important Gold Coast barrier trials which were washed out last week have been switched to Tuesday but one drawcard will be missing. The trials were to feature some of the early season two-year-old hopefuls and a couple of horses who could be heading south for the spring. The Gold Coast races were also washed[...]

Everest contender Vega Magic's path to the $13 million race will include a jump-out at Albury. Vega Magic, fourth in the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on September 1, will not race again before The Everest on October 13 at Randwick. Senior Lindsay Park trainer David Hayes says the plan is to give Vega[...]

How Outback Barbie performs at her first test beyond 1200 metres will determine the rest of her so far luckless campaign. The filly's career has been littered with hard luck tales including her two runs this Sydney spring when second in the Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes and fifth in the Group Two Furious Stakes[...]